On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada maintained its target for the overnight rate at 2.75 percent, with the Bank Rate at 3 percent and the deposit rate at 2.70 percent. While some tariffs have been ...

Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 7 percent in May, the statistics agency said Friday. This was the highest level since 2016 ...

Local unemployment fell slightly in May but sits at levels much higher than last spring. The jobless rate in Medicine Hat-Lethbridge economic region sat at 7.2 per cent last month, down one-tenth of a ...

The need to grow the Canadian economy in the face of tough economic times was underscored by the release of the latest ...

The unemployment rate in the U.S. remained near a 50-year-low in April 2025 at 4.2% — plus, American employers added 177,000 ...